About Stampede Studios
Stampede Studios offers a true 360° agency experience, specializing in Creative Marketing, Content and Post-Production Finishing. We are a diverse team of passionate innovators dedicated to delivering ground-breaking marketing campaigns and the highest quality digital content across multiple platforms. We’re motivated by our world-class partnerships and driven by a desire to see the impact of our work on screens big and small.
Combining decades of knowledge and experience from top talent in the business, we foster an environment where individual growth and creativity is not only encouraged but celebrated. Bottom line, we love what we do, and it shows in our work.
CREATIVE MARKETING
Stampede Creative is our award-winning entertainment group, solely focused on delivering bold and intelligent entertainment marketing campaigns. We pride ourselves on collaborating with our clients while providing them with best-in-class creative, strategy and production. We understand that reaching an audience base is critical, but keeping them engaged, interested, and excited is paramount. So, whether it’s promos, print, digital or fully integrated campaigns, we combine creative excellence with proven strategies to drive audience engagement through stories that are fresh, innovative and indelible.
POST-FINISHING
Stampede Post Productions is a full-service finishing company that makes your creative dreams a reality. Always at the forefront of technology, we have all the tools necessary to facilitate your needs from start to finish. From Feature Films and Television Shows to Trailers, Commercials, and EPKs, we can customize a seamless workflow and package that works for your budget. We excel in creating the highest quality media within limited time and financial constraints, while providing an outstanding level of customer service…and we’re always there at the finish!
About the role
Creative Directors are the leaders of the day-to-day creative work. They are responsible for the overall creative quality of the team, assigning and delegating tasks for projects, and leading all ideation work together with the other members of the creative leadership. This role must have hands-on design experience. The Creative Director will need to also have excellent strategic vision and the ability to deliver impactful and engaging creative solutions.
For creative production the duties include 3 parts. 1) Evaluating the assets provided for the project. 2) Translating client or pitch concept into clearly defined executions. 3) Establishing the overall look for a campaign or media piece and providing constructive feedback on designs for the team. Client contact can include both face-to-face meetings, as well as digesting and interpreting feedback from client.
This is an in-office opportunity based in Studio City, CA.
What you'll do
- Lead and review the work of the creative team for all web, social, and digital marketing collateral
- Inspire and grow the Digital Social Creative Team
- Be actively involved in hiring and training creative staff
- Manage and cultivate the career development of staff members, including designers, art directors, and copywriters
- Manage the creative/design process from concept to completion over various mediums
- Create captivating designs and animations, from concept ideation to final production, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and project objectives
- Assign digital/social creative team members to different projects
- Supervise a cross-functional team of graphic designers, motion designers, art directors, copywriters, and social-media experts, in the strategic development of messaging and deliverables
- Prioritize work and resources across engagements, based on short- and long-term needs, and develop schedules by collaborating with designers, copywriters, and production artists
- Conduct brainstorming sessions with creative team, maintaining strategic thinking to develop innovative and actionable initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner
- Review and approve art and copy developed by the team, ensuring that deliverables address marketing goals and challenges effectively
- Produce fresh, innovative work that translates complex ideas into compelling digital materials and experiences for our entertainment marketing clients.
- Oversee the presentation of final concepts, and obtain approvals for deliverables
- Review work, troubleshoot and provide feedback to creative teams
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university, or at least four years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Portfolio of work with a wide range of creative projects, with a focus on entertainment clients.
- Expert level knowledge in creative design, typography, social media, digital media, web technology, visual storytelling, and animation.
- At least 10 years’ experience working with a visual media
- At least 5 years’ being point person or in the leadership role for a team and/or project
- At least 5 years’ experience in client facing communication
- Expert in Adobe design-related software (with a focus on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and After effects) as well as other design tools.
- Additional Computer skills preferred: Microsoft Office Suite; Google Docs Suite